Vhe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
357 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK. FEBRUARY 20, 1018. 
butter 
Price's liiivo been both up and down 
during this week. Receipts are larger 
and market (juite dull on all grades of 
fresh make. There is a little business in 
storage at the top government price of 47 
cents. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 511^® .i2 
Wood to Choice . 49 ® ^ 
I.ower Wnides. 44 @ 43 
Storage, good to choice, . 43 ® 47 
Dairy, best. 49 ® 60 
Common to Wood. 42 ® 48 
City made. 37 @ 39 
Packing Stock. 35 @ 33 
Process . 40 ® 46 
CHEESE 
'I'lie market bs ii little sti'onger on the 
better whole milk grades. Export busi¬ 
ness covering upward of 700 tons is being 
figured on :it j’bout 24 cents, with a pos- 
sibilit.v of some call for skim or low- 
grade whole milk. 
Whole .Milk, fancy . 26 ® 26t,; 
Good to choice. 25 @ 25}| 
Lower grades. IV ® 22 
Skims, best. 19 @ 20 
Pair to good. 9 @ 14 
KOGS 
f'here has been some rejiction from the 
heav.v decline of the previous week, iind 
the niiirket has been stronger. Dealers 
are looking sharply, however, to make 
sure that they do not get caught with 
any surplus of stock, and prices are cut 
wdien it seems necessary to keep stocks 
moving. 
White, nearby, choice to fai3oy. 64 @ 65 
Medium to goo<l . .53 ® 60 
Mixed colors, nearbyiiest. 60 @ 61 
Common to gooii. ,50 @ .50 
Gathered, best, white. 60 ® 62 
Medium to good, mi.xed colors ... .54 @ .56 
Lower grades. 45 @ 50 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.1,5 25 @15 .50 
Pea.12 50 @14 00 
California, small white,.13 00 @13 75 
Bed Kidney.14 00 @14 75 
White Kidney. 15.50 @16 00 
Lima, tliilifornin,. 14 00 @14.50 
LIVE POULTRY 
I'nless there is some change in the gov¬ 
ernment ruling, business in live poultr.v 
for slaughter will close from February 28 
to May U It ist possible that some exten¬ 
sion of this closing time may be gnmted 
to give dealei'S a chance to elear out late 
arrivals. In vitiw of tlie heavy receipts, 
many dealers consider the price fixed by 
the government as too high on some lines. 
Busine.ss has been reported at tlie follow¬ 
ing figures: Fowls. 8(>; young roosters, 
turkeys, ducks and geese. 85; old roosters, 
27. 
DRESSED POl’LTRY 
Prices continue very high on all the 
better (inalities of fresh killed and 1017 
frozen. The lOlG pack is being worked 
out rapidly, as the government rules that 
it must be closed up by March 1. The 
two-year-old pack is selling about 3 to 5 
cents under the 1917. 
Turkeys, best lb. .37 @ 38 
Common to good . 39 ® 35 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 45 ® .50 
Roasters . 33 ® .36 
Fowls. 28 @ 36 
Capons, best . 40 @ 43 
Smaller sizes . 33 ® 37 
Roosters. 25 @ 26 
Ducks. 29 @ 30 
Geese . 25 @ 30 
Squabs, doz. 1 50 @ 7 75 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.11 40 @13 40 
Bulls . 7 00 @10 00 
Cows . 4 50 @8 75 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 15 00 @18 50 
Culls.12 00 ®14 00 
Bbeep. 100 lbs. 8 00 @ 9 00 
Lambs .14 00 @16 75 
Hogs.16 00 @17 35 
PRUITS 
Barreled appie.s in moderate .supply and 
nnirket strong for good grades. Rr' 3ipts 
of \Vestern box are large and market .slow 
for medium qualities. Strawberries 
scarce, but selling at about the range re¬ 
cently noted. 
Apples, York Imperial, bbl. 
. 3 75 
® 
500 
Hen Davis.n. 
® 
4 25 
Winesap .. 
@ 
600 
Greening . 
® 
700 
Baldwin... 
® 
5 25 
King.. 
@ 
5 50 
Spy. 
. 400 
® 
6 50 
Pears—Kieffer. bbl. 
® 
3 00 
Cranberries, bbl. 
@18 00 
Strawberries, qt. 
. 30 
60 
VEGETABLES 
Potato market weak and mainly lower. 
Onions very dull and averaging poor. 
f!abbag(' .searce and higher. Lettuce and 
all salads approaching high quality are 
high. 
Potatoes—Long Island. 100 lbs. 2 20 @2 .50 
Alaine, 100 lbs . 2 00 @2 25 
Jersey, 100 !bs. 2 00 @2 20 
State and Western, 100 lbs. 2 00 ® 2 40 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 1 00 ® 2 25 
Beets, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 00 
Carrots, bbl. 2 .50 @ 3 ,50 
Cabbage, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 25 
Ton'.5,5,50 @75 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 75 @2 00 
Onions. State and W’n.. lUO lbs. 150 @2 00 
Peppers, bu. 3 00 ® 6 00 
String Beans bu. 2 00 @6 00 
Turnips, bbl,. 2 .50 @4 ,50 
Squash, bbl. 2 00 ® 3 .50 
Peas, bu. 3 00 @ 7 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 6 00 @ 8 00 
Tomatoes, Greenhouse, lb. 15 @ 25 
Mushrooms lb . 25 @ 50 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. 5 00 @8 50 
Cucumbers, hothouse, doz. 1 00 ® 1 75 
Salsify, 100 bunches ^. 7 50 @9 00 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl. 
Kale, bbl. 
Spinach, bbl. 
5 00 ® 8 00 
.50 @ 2 00 
1 00 -a 3 60 
HAY AND STRAW. 
The freight situation ha.s made receipts 
v^Ty light in city markets, piirticnlarly at 
.>8cl St., where extreme prices are otlfered 
for what _ little ij6 to he had. In other 
yards deliveries have been rather better 
and the price range lower. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton ..39 90 @40 00 
No. 2.24 00 @.38 00 
No. 3 .29 00 @.33 00 
Clover mixed.28 00 @.35 (H) 
Straw, Bye,. 20 00 @22 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2 . red, . 2 26 @ 
Corn. 1 «() @1 88 
Oats, astp weight, bush. 1 02 @ 1 06 
Bye, free from onion. 2 00 @ 2 26 
Orcharding on Long Island 
(Continued from page 848) 
oilitic's, should attempt to compete with 
northeni sections of New England in 
growing late AVinter sorts. As a i-nh; the 
majority of the old standard vju-ieties will 
do fairly well on the island. Observation 
leads me to favor Fall and eai-ly Winter 
varieties for home market.s, of whicli the 
following is a partial list: Yellow Trans¬ 
parent, Oldenburg, McIntosh, Ilubbiirds- 
ton and Sntton. If one wishes to havi? a 
few late vnirieties for home tiiule then 
add Baldwin. Stityniiin. Ro.xbury Russet 
and Rhode Ishind (Ji'cening. If one Wiints 
varieties for home use only put out every¬ 
thing tlie catalogues 1 st, from Ben Davis 
to Delicious. Some of them will-do well. 
Seashore (’oxditiox.— 'I’lieie are two 
fiietor.s whicli tend to lailnre of fruit trees 
near the .seashore. First, the lack of suit¬ 
able soil, and second, the force of the 
winds. In sections wln-re good loams 
occur orchards may he planted and good 
results obtained by iilanting wind-bn'uks 
of other trees between the orclnird and 
the oi'caii. The tendene.v for moss to 
grow on fruit trees near salt wati'i- can be 
lirevented by the dormant spraying with 
lime-siilphiir solution. f. a. s. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MARCH 2, 1918 
FARM TOPICS 
Corn Selection and Breeding. 313 314 
Silage Cutter as Bean Separator." ’ 316 
Successful Alfalfa in the Hudson Valley.315, 316 
Colorado Potatoes . 319 
A “Farmerette” and a Cover Crop!.'!!.’!.’.!! 321 
Hope Farm Notes. ’ 332 
Character at the Back Door. 344 
Crows and Potatoes. . 344 
Bean Picking Table. !!.,'.'!!! 346 I 
Test Your Seed Com.’ 343 
Use of Salted Corn.346 
Buckwheat and Potato Bugs. . . . . . . . 346 
Bad Taste in Potatoes. . . 343 
Reseeding Old Pasture.’ ] 349 
Planting Cabbage by Machine. 351 
The True Spirit of Farming. 354 
Seed Potatoes from Potato Feelings. 356 
Potatoes from Parings. 356 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
New York Milk tc Cliicago. 335 
A Sheep Farmer’s Notes..’. 340 
Watch the Halter. 349 
Fowler’s Solution .,!!!!!'. 340 
Forage Crops for Swine. 349 
Dairy Farm Orchard . 350 
Ration for Milk .” 353 
Cottonseed for Horses. '' 353 
Woi-ms .358 
Ringworm; Dishorning . 35 g 
Blood in Feces. .’ . 353 
Vistula .■. 359 
THE HENYARD 
Grinder for Hen Manure. 358 
Duration of Fertility. .- 368 
Nux Vomica and Hawks.... 368 
Egg-laying Contest . 359 
Feeding the Young Chick. 360 
HORTICULTURE 
Some Observations on Bud Selection. 311 
The Largest White Oak. 3 H 
Some Good Old Varieties of Apples Nearly I 
Extinct. . . 312, 313 
Home Garden Lilacs ... 314 , 315 | 
The Past Year in a Reclaimed Orchard. 316 ' 
Cherjy Trees from Suckers. 316 i 
Basket Willow as Snow Hedge. 317 I 
Western New York Horticultural Society— 1 
Part III. . 317 I 
Repairing Damages in Orchard. 318 1 
A Spotting Machine. 319 ; 
Orchard Conditions in the Ozarks.!!. 321 
New Fruits . 323 . 
The High Cost of Spraying.......324, 325 
Curenlio in Apples . 325 , 
Training Young Trees.' 326 
Crows Eating Fruit. 328 
Paper Pots and Dirt Bands. 330 
Indian Woman and Her Squash Crop. 329 i 
Formulas for Controlling Insects and Dis- ■ 
„ eases. 330 , 
Suggestions from Illinois. -333 | 
Mice in the Greenhouse.” [ 333 | 
Mushrooms for Every Home—Part 1. 342 
Transplanting Large Trees. 348 
Sugar Beets in the Home Garden. 3.56 
Udo in Massachusetts . 356 
Little Things About Lima Beans. !... 356 
WOMAN AND HOME | 
From Day to Day. 333 I 
Dooryard Don’ts . 338 , 339 
The Rural Patterns .. 338 
Hand-made Towels. '. .[ 339 
Tested Recipes from Virginia.!.. 339 
Squash Muffins . 339 
Embroidery Designs . !.!!.!.’ 339 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Editorials . 334 
The Spirit of 1918. 335 
The Robber Hen. 335 
Selling Wheat Substitutes. 335 
Federation of Agriculture. 335 
Cost of Operating an Automobile. 344 
Cost of a Car. 344 
A Farm Refrigerator .’' ’. 347 
A Barrel Smokehouse. 347 
Farmers’ Week Excels Itself. ...!!!. 352 
Wife as Hired Man.’ | 352 
Publisher’s Desk .!!! [ 362 
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of the Maid of Orleans 
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We are sending our best 
manhood to fight for us. 
They must be armed, fed 
and clothed, cared for 
th rough sickness and 
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as the Government. 
The Marne was a dem¬ 
onstration of the power of 
patriotism with its back 
against the wall. The same 
sacrifice of self, the same 
love of country and unity 
of purpose that inspired the 
French people must inspire 
us, and we must win the war. 
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